[Wii] Official Nintendo Wii thread

Originally Posted by Elixir

I still don't see the appeal. Okay you have BIG DAMN TRUCKS and you race around dirt tracks and stuff. Big deal.

If it were an F-Zero GX sequel sure, I'd be all over it. But it's not.

Most of the launch titles to me look to be more fun in multiplayer than single player. I've played excite truck, didn't have any trouble with the controls and while I don't think its the be all and end all of singleplayer, I can promise you that it'll be incredibly fun in multiplayer.

Same with Red Steel. I'm still not sold on the singleplayer, but all the multiplayer vids I've seen make it look a lot like Goldeneye. And if I can have anywhere near as much fun with it as I did with Goldeneye I'll buy it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by chaofan

Well it's official guys (well, at least in my opinion). Wii ROXXXORZZZZ!!!

I went to the Wii displays at a prominent shopping central (Melbourne Central) coming back from the exams and LOOKY LOOKY!

The graphics of Wii games aren't as bad as they have been claimed to be. Of course, they ain't X360 or PS3 but even still they look quite pretty. OR maybe it was because they used component cables (the picture quality was more refined). Excite Trucks looked pretty lush and it was even better when the boosts and the BIG DAMN JUMPS kicked in. Wii Sports, though simple in terms of models, still looked attractive enough. Wii Play, though 2D, displayed some nice (though any system could do it) effects. AND ZELDA!!!!! It's way better in real life than the trailers. Plus it looks damn pretty.

How did they play? All of them had a slight learning curve but after that it was all natural. Like, as in, no exaggerated "swingin' Mcgraw" type stuff. Wii Tennis was cool, with little touches such as the speaker going "thwack!" and force feedback. Wii-Play was just frantic, multiplayer fun. Excite Truck was, to my surprise (but not others), quite exciting. The steering was a bit awkward but I got adjusted after about 5 minutes and played for about 30 seconds after until I was shooed off by the Nintendo representative.

Zelda was (sorry GCN buyers) natural. My only gripe with it was that the build was the E3 build, therefore the control was different from the final one, but after mucking around with the controller a bit it seems that IGN, Gamespot and whatnot's impression on the controller is pretty accurate. It takes a while but after that it's hard to go back to the GCN controller.

BTW I just went to play Wind Waker just then and yep. The Wii controls seem to have pretty much convinced me.

Anyway, just throwing in the experience I had today with the Wii.

What day did you go? I asked if anyone wanted to meet up but never got any replies.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by randomwab

It just hit me that we won't see Goldeneye or Conkers on the Virtual Console. It's a sad revelation. ;_;

From what I've seen of the Red Steel multiplayer vid they took a lot of it from Goldeneye. Hell, thats the only reason I'm planning on picking it up.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Kostaki

That completely sucks. From what I've read thus far, I've found out a few things about the Australian Nintendo branch.

- Your PR guy is a blithering idiot.
- You have a 12 month warranty on your system, quite nice.
- None of the information on their site explicitly states that they will not transfer your points to the new console, which you should most definitely point out.
- I see this little gem '"Otherwise, we provide the Wii Network Service and any Content, Points or Products, without express or implied warranty, undertaking, inducement or representation of any kind. This means that Nintendo does not guarantee that the Wii Network Service will always work properly or that it will be free from viruses, hacks or other harmful intrusions." in the network service warranty. Again, no explicit wording that upon warranty invoking, no points will be transfered to the new system.

Call them up, and stay on their asses until they help you.

Nintendo of Australia are notorious for being complete asshats compared to other branches.

Thats why I'm importing this time around. To hell with having to wait till March for Excite Truck/Budokai. Trauma Center is not coming out here full stop and Fire Emblem will take at least 6 months before we see it. I'm just going to import. Hell, importing is $30 cheaper than buying them off the shelf.

I was speaking idiomatically.